German Alphabet
German alphabet
The letters of the modern German alphabet, including umlauts and ß.
- A
- Ä
- B
- C
- D
- E
- F
- G
- H
- I
- J
- K
- L
- M
- N
- O
- Ö
- P
- Q
- R
- S
- T
- U
- Ü
- V
- W
- X
- Y
- Z
- ẞ
Key facts
- Script
- Latin
- Letter count
- 26 base letters plus Ä, Ö, Ü, ß
- Writing direction
- Left to right
- Umlauts
- Ä, Ö, Ü
- Sharp s
- ß, with uppercase form ẞ
- Capitalization
- Nouns are capitalized
- Cursive
- Distinct joined handwriting forms